Acts 8:32
New Living Translation
32 The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this:
“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter.
And as a lamb is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
1 Peter 2:21-24
New Living Translation
21 For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered[a] for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.
22 He never sinned,
nor ever deceived anyone.[b]
23 He did not retaliate when he was insulted,
nor threaten revenge when he suffered.
He left his case in the hands of God,
who always judges fairly.
24 He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
and live for what is right.
By his wounds
you are healed.
Isaiah 53:7-8
New Living Translation
7 He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
8 Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.[a]
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.[b]
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
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Jeremiah 51:40
New Living Translation
40 “I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats to be sacrificed.
Jeremiah 11:19
New Living Translation
19 I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”
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Romans 8:36
New Living Translation
36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[a])
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Psalm 44:11-12
New Living Translation
11 You have butchered us like sheep
and scattered us among the nations.
12 You sold your precious people for a pittance,
making nothing on the sale.
Psalm 39:2
New Living Translation
2 But as I stood there in silence—
not even speaking of good things—
the turmoil within me grew worse.
John 1:29
New Living Translation
Jesus, the Lamb of God
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
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Psalm 39:9
New Living Translation
9 I am silent before you; I won’t say a word,
for my punishment is from you.
Matthew 26:62-63
New Living Translation
62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Well, aren’t you going to answer these charges? What do you have to say for yourself?” 63 But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I demand in the name of the living God—tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
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Jeremiah 12:3
New Living Translation
3 But as for me, Lord, you know my heart.
You see me and test my thoughts.
Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered!
Set them aside to be slaughtered!
1 Peter 1:19
New Living Translation
19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.
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John 18:9-11
New Living Translation
9 He did this to fulfill his own statement: “I did not lose a single one of those you have given me.”[a]
10 Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave. 11 But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?”
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Luke 23:34
New Living Translation
34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”[a] And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.[b]
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